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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Marian Nash Leich
Marian Nash Leich*
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Department of State
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Extract

The material in this section is arranged according to the system employed in the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law, published by the Department of State.

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 85 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 668 - 679
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1991

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References

1 S. Treaty Doc. No. 7, 102d Cong., 1st Sess. (1991). Article 1 of the Convention, “Definitions,” defines “driftnet” in paragraph (b) as “a gillnet or other net or a combination of nets which is more than 2.5 kilometres in length the purpose of which is to enmesh, entrap or entangle fish by drifting on the surface of or in the water.”

2 S. Treaty Doc. No. 7, supra note 1, at V–VII.

3 Pub. L. No. 100-220, tit. IV, 101 Stat. 1477 (1987) (codified at 16 U.S.C. §1822 note (1988)).

1 Done Nov. 1, 1974, 32 UST 47, TIAS No. 9700.

2 Done Apr. 5, 1966, 18 UST 1857, TIAS No. 6331, 640 UNTS 133.

3 S. Treaty Doc. No. 2, 102d Cong., 1st Sess., at III (1991).

4 Id. at V–VIII.

1 S. Treaty Doc. No. 5, 102d Cong., 1st Sess., at III (1991).

2 Id. The legislation referred to by the President is 42 U.S.C. §6938 (1988).

3 S. Treaty Doc. No. 5, supra note 1, at V–X.

For the two U.S. bilateral agreements, see Agreement concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste, Oct. 28, 1986, Canada-United States (entered into force Nov. 8, 1986); Agreement of Cooperation regarding the Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Substances, Nov. 12, 1986, Annex III to Agreement on Cooperation for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment in the Border Area, Aug. 14, 1983, Mexico-United States, TIAS No. 10,827 (entered into force Feb. 16, 1984). Annex III entered into force on January 29, 1987, on an exchange of notes between the parties stating that each had completed the necessary internal procedures. For the text of Annex III, see 26 ILM 25 (1987).